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Bullfighting festival in Peru

A member of folkloric music group 'Los Brillantes de Matacancha' from Huanuco, Peru, performs during a show inside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Nov. 18, 2012. The festival was organized by people from the town of Huanuco to celebrate their native customs, in the arts of culinary, dance and music.

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Bullfighter Brayan Quinonez performs as a vendor sells popcorn inside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012. People from Peru's Andean highlands who have emigrated for decades to the capital in search for opportunities, organize fairs on various dates in honor of their various patron saints, to celebrate the anniversaries of their communities or to celebrate their local customs.

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Bullfighter Brayan Quinonez poses for a portrait before his performance at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

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People watch a show inside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

Credit: AP Photo/Karel Navarro

Carlos Alarcon, left, and Luis Espinoza, members of the folkloric music group 'Los Brillantes de Matacancha' from Huanuco, Peru, drink beer before a show outside a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Nov. 18, 2012.

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Members of folkloric music group 'Los Brillantes de Matacancha' from Huanuco, Peru, lace up their boots before a show at a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Nov. 18, 2012.

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Alejandro Evangelista, a musician from the Pomapata Musical Center, pours himself a beer after performing in a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

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People watch a parade outside a bullfighting ring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

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Bullfighter Brayan Quinonez gets ready for his performance at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

Credit: AP Photo/Karel Navarro

From right to left, bullfighters Kervin Fernandez, Brayan Quinonez, rodeo cowboy El Bronco, and Joselito Hernandez, from Colombia, stand together before their performance at a bullring at the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Nov. 18, 2012.

Credit: AP Photo/Karel Navarro

Bullfighter Brayan Quinonez performs at the Yawar Toro bullfighting ring during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.

Credit: AP Photo/Karel Navarro

People walk at the entrance of a bullring inside the Yawar Toro center during a festival on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Nov. 18, 2012.